Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Finally got a SSD drive to put my OS on

[eric <eriic1@cox.net>]

On 4/19/23 21:23, Dale wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
>>
>> > I wonder.  Is there a way to find out the smallest size file in a 
>> directory or sub directory, largest files, then maybe a average file 
>> size???  I thought about du but given the number of files I have here, 
>> it would be a really HUGE list of files. Could take hours or more 
>> too.  This is what KDE properties shows.
>>
>> I'm sure there are more accurate ways but
>>
>> sudo ls -R / | wc
>>
>> give you the number of lines returned from the ls command. It's not 
>> perfect as there are blank lines in the ls but it's a start.
>>
>> My desktop machine has about 2.2M files.
>>
>> Again, there are going to be folks who can tell you how to remove 
>> blank lines and other cruft but it's a start.
>>
>> Only takes a minute to run on my Ryzen 9 5950X. YMMV.
>>
> 
> I did a right click on the directory in Dolphin and selected 
> properties.  It told me there is a little over 55,000 files.  Some 1,100 
> directories, not sure if directories use inodes or not. Basically, there 
> is a little over 56,000 somethings on that file system.  I was curious 
> what the smallest file is and the largest. No idea how to find that 
> really.  Even du separates by directory not individual files regardless 
> of directory.  At least the way I use it anyway.
> 
> If I ever have to move things around again, I'll likely start a thread 
> just for figuring out the setting for inodes.  I'll likely know more 
> about the number of files too.
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-)

If you do not mind using graphical solutions, Filelight can help you 
easily visualize where your largest directories and files are residing.

https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/kde-apps/filelight

> Visualise disk usage with interactive map of concentric, segmented rings 

Eric